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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Good. 381 pages with diagrams. Octavo (8" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First published in 1970. The Sicilian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the following moves: 1. e4 c5 The Sicilian is the most popular and best-scoring response to White's first move 1.e4. Opening 1.d4 is a statistically more successful opening for White because of the high success rate of the Sicilian defence against 1.e4.[1] New In Chess stated in its 2000 Yearbook that of the games in its database, White scored 56.1% in 296,200 games beginning 1.d4, but 54.1% in 349,855 games beginning 1.e4, mainly because the Sicilian held White to a 52.3% score in 145,996 games. 17% of all games between grandmasters, and 25% of the games in the Chess Informant database, begin with the Sicilian. Almost one quarter of all games use the Sicilian. Grandmaster John Nunn attributes the Sicilian Defence's popularity to its "combative nature": "in many lines Black is playing not just for equality, but for the advantage. The drawback is that White often obtains an early initiative, so Black has to take care not to fall victim to a quick attack." Condition: Edge wear, corners bumped and rubbed, spine rubbed, soiled and stained else good. Seller Inventory # BSC0385
Book Description Condition: Good. Good condition paperback. Book may have toning and foxing. Covers may have light wear, creasing. There will be no loose pages. Seller Inventory # 9999-9993122161
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Seller Inventory # 1000122621
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cover shows wear. Interior clean with solid binding. Seller Inventory # 2Y-WK4L-UMVB
Book Description Condition: Good. Boards have some wear, toning. Content has light toning. No DJ. Previous owner signature to paste down. Seller Inventory # 9999-9991645663
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Later Printing. illustrated with chess diagrams. VG+ copy [light creasing to slightly cocked spine, corner creasing]. cel. Seller Inventory # 22391
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Seller Inventory # SONG0080134041
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition thus. Two small spots of soiling on rear board, else very good in pictorial boards. No dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 88340
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. . . . . 1st English edition. 8vo. Hardcover, no dj. Vg+ condition. Prev. owner name/date on endpaper; Contents bright, crisp & clean, no markings; covers clean & bright, lower spine slightly bumped from storage. 381 pp., illus. A revised and expanded translation of Sicilijanska obrana, i knjiga. Seller Inventory # 1170512.45